Our Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Ernst & Young, LLP
Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 141,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential. http://www.ey.com/us/eoy
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is a nonprofit health plan and the largest private health care provider in Colorado. Using an integrated health care delivery system, we care for more than 475,000 members in the six-county Denver/Boulder metropolitan area and Colorado Springs. More than 700 Kaiser Permanente physicians, and their care teams, focus on prevention as well as curing disease, all in an effort to help our members live well and thrive. Kaiser Permanente is a national health care organization, serving the health care needs of 8.5 million health plan members in nine states and Washington, D.C. http://www.kp.org
Silver Sponsors
ALN Medical Management
ALN Medical Management is a Revenue Cycle Management and Information Technology company serving the financial, EMR/PM technology and consulting needs of physician practices. Founded in 2000 with offices in Colorado, Nebraska, California, Oklahoma and Arizona, we have built a national reputation for excellence in helping turn good practices into great businesses. Our portfolio of over 500 physicians in 15 states includes practices ranging from solo to large groups in primary care and most all specialties. Our success is built on a foundation of over 22 years of business expertise and healthcare experience. ALN team members are skilled in every facet of revenue cycle management and information technology including: electronic claims submission, coding, claims tracking, contracting, data collection and analysis, account management, EMR/PM implementation, training, support and service. Using industry-leading financial and clinical information systems, data and business intelligence, and disciplined work processes, we help medical practices achieve the results every successful business owner is chasing: higher revenues, lower total costs, less risk, a sustainable future. http://www.alnmm.com
Caplan and Earnest
Established in 1969, Caplan and Earnest provides full representation as a leader in healthcare, business law services, education, immigration, employment, wills, trusts, and estate planning. The firm serves the individual needs of clients facing all types of legal issues. http://www.celaw.com
COPIC
COPIC Companies comprises COPIC Insurance Company, COPIC Financial Service Group, Ltd., and COPIC Medical Foundation. Together, COPIC Companies strives to be the premier diversified service organization providing for the professional liability insurance and other needs of the health care community through advocacy, through innovation and through the commitment and dedication of our employees. Our shared purpose is to allow the health care community to devote the greatest possible proportion of its resources to patient care, thereby adding value to the health care delivery community. Our success will be measured by the satisfaction, loyalty and retention of our customers. http://www.copic.com
Intellectyx
Intellectyx, a software services company, delivers Business Intelligence and Integration solutions - enabling healthcare organizations to leverage data and make informed decisions, improve quality and performance and attain an integrated view. http://www.intellectyx.com
Milliman
Milliman is an actuarial consulting firm with 60+ years of experience. We in Denver help our health plan, provider, and other clients address a variety of complex analytical healthcare needs. We have studied and predicted healthcare costs longer than most consultants have been in business. Clients depend on us as experts, problem-solvers, and trusted advisors. http://www.milliman.com
Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting
Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting provides a range of strategic, financial and operational services for hospitals, health systems, physician groups and other healthcare organizations to improve clinical and business performance. Pinnacle is a nationally recognized leader in business valuation, physician compensation, performance improvement and compliance support. The firm also provides physician practice management, medical billing/coding, and technology/integration support services. By building relationships and championing innovation, we’ve created dynamic services, backed by a powerful team, to help you solve the most complex challenges. http://www.pinnaclegrouphc.com
Pinnacol Assurance
Pinnacol Assurance is Colorado's choice for workers' compensation. Since 1915, Pinnacol's mission has been to provide an assured source of workers' compensation insurance to Colorado employers and their greatest assest - their employees. Pinnacol’s proactive, team-based approach fulfills employers’ workers’ comp needs, from underwriting and claims management to workplace safety. Our values-based culture also makes us one of the best places to work in Colorado. http://www.pinnacol.com
Bronze Sponsors
Since 1995, Axolotl has been providing advanced Clinical Networking™ solutions to meet the diverse and changing needs of physicians, hospitals, RHIOs and statewide HIEs to achieve interoperability across entire medical trading areas. Axolotl is part of Ingenix, a leading health information technology and services company. No other vendor powers as many Regional (RHIO) and Statewide HIEs - connecting more hospitals, physicians and their medical trading partners with the most advanced interoperability and health information exchange solutions available industry wide, today. Axolotl's HIE customers have been cited as the longest running, largest, most successful, most advanced and as a model for quality improvement and cost efficiency. http://www.axolotl.com
Bellco Credit Union is a progressive, member-owned credit union with a full range of financial services. Founded in 1936, with over 190,000 members and over $2 billion in assets, Bellco exists to serve its members. http://www.bellco.org
Centura Health operates 12 hospitals, seven senior living facilities, and home health and hospice services along the Front Range, providing care and comfort to nearly half a million Coloradoans each year. A faith-based, nonprofit organization, Centura Health is the largest healthcare system in Colorado and the state's fourth largest private employer, with more than 12,000 employee associates. At Centura Health, our calling is to care for the unique needs of each individual we serve with sensitivity and sacredness. We celebrate the value of each person's life and consider it a worthy cause to lift the burdens of others by lovingly offering care to people regardless of who they are, what they believe or where they're from. We seek to combine finely honed medical skills with compassionate touch to care for the whole person -- body, mind and spirit. In this manner, we strive to create sanctuaries that extend our ministry of healing and hope. http://www.centura.org
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care is Colorado's healthcare quality improvement organization. CFMC works with government programs, health providers, and managed care companies to improve the quality of healthcare. http://www.cfmc.org
The Denver Health Medical Plan mission is to provide quality, accessible and affordable healthcare services in the Denver area. In partnership with our providers we continually seek to improve the health and well being of our members. http://www.denverhealthmedicalplan.com
Since its inception in 1955, Hamilton Faatz and Waller, PC has been a well known and highly respected law firm in the Rocky Mountain region. As the successor to Fuller and Evans, the firm has developed and maintained strong ties to the business community, government leaders, and lawmakers in Colorado and provided the highest quality legal services to clients throughout Colorado and the nation. http://www.hfwpc.com
Kindred Hospital Denver and Kindred Hospital Aurora are long-term acute care hospitals that serve Colorado and the surrounding states. Our reputation is rooted in the innovative, outcomes-oriented management of ventilator-dependent and medically complex patients. We provide specialized care for patients experiencing the consequences of catastrophic illness requiring an extended hospital stay. Our vision is to unify resources and talents to be recognized in the community as the preferred provider for the next level in acute care. http://www.kh-denver.com
Kirshner Communications (KC) specializes in meeting the communications needs of healthcare organizations. On a client-by-client basis, KC brings in the expertise of a variety of
communications consultants whose skill sets are engaged in service of the specific needs and goals of our clients. Web experts, marketers, graphic designers, media buyers, media relations experts and social media professionals are all at the ready for KC clients! KC
Principal Erich Kirshner is a Past President for the Colorado Healthcare Strategy and Management professional society. http://www.kirshnercommunications.com
Lockton’s 4,100 professionals provide 15,000 clients worldwide with insurance, benefits, and risk management services. Founded in 1966, Lockton is now the largest privately held insurance broker in the world and 9th largest overall. http://www.lockton.com
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is the premier membership association for professional administrators and leaders of medical group practices. Since 1926, MGMA has delivered networking, professional education and resources, and political advocacy for medical practice management. Today, MGMA's 21,500 members lead 13,500 organizations nationwide in which some 270,000 physicians provide more than 40 percent of the health care services delivered in the United States.
MGMA's mission is to continually improve the performance of medical
group practice professionals and the organizations they represent. MGMA promotes the group practice model as the optimal framework for health care delivery, assisting group practices in providing efficient, safe, patient-focused and affordable care. MGMA is headquartered in Englewood, Colo., and maintains a government affairs office in Washington, D.C. http://www.mgma.com
The Vitality program is a comprehensive health and wellness solution that educates, assists and motivates individuals to engage in healthy behaviors. The program uses sophisticated behavior change models supported by an actuarially-sound incentive program to achieve meaningful and measurable health improvement. http://www.thevitalitygroup.com
Trellis Healthcare increases client profitability by delivering business intelligence solutions. Through the use of proprietary data mining techniques, Trellis enables its customers to increase productivity, monitor coding compliance, target marketing efforts and reduce claim payment errors. InfoDive is a web based business intelligence solution for medical practices that enables quick, easy and flexible access to powerful practice management
data and benchmarks. Through InfoDive, practices can quickly and easily analyze both their internal data and compare their practice to others in a variety of areas including coding, productivity, marketing, revenue collection and more. http://www.trellishc.com
University College, the college of professional and continuing studies at the University of Denver, offers managerial and strategic healthcare skills through the graduate Healthcare Leadership program. http://universitycollege.du.edu